«Die Neue Zeit», 1913 (31, 2), pp. 410-412 (Issue of 20. VI. 1913)

NB
Chauvinism of workers
American workers and their
chauvinism
toward the Japanese

Erwin Gude. "A New Exclusionary Law Against the Japanese in the United States." (Date: San Francisco, 21. V. 1913.)

This law, which forbids the Japanese from purchasing land (they may lease only for 3 years), was signed by the Governor on 19. V. 1913 contrary to the insistence of Woodrow Wilson.

This is supposedly "an exclusionary law of the worst sort" (410) — "a policy which is even worse than Prussian policy toward the Poles" (412).

And the workers in America are guilty of "c h a u v i n i s m" (NB) (412). "The gentlemen of the 'American Federation of Labor' want not only to strip the 'yellow' people of all rights, they want to expel them from the country altogether" (411).

Workers serve the imperialists...
The "Socialist Party" too!!!

This (412)...,

This exclusionary law "proves to us that the population of California, and first and foremost the working population, has harnessed itself to the chariot of American imperialists, who have long been preparing for war with Japan. The Socialist Party also proves unequal to the task on this question" (411).

This law is "merely one link in a long chain of laws"